Molina Nahuel World Cup 2026 player profile
Molina Nahuel is listed for Argentina as a Defender. Kickoff Lens uses caps, goals, career context, role, and team strength to explain how this player can affect fixture reads.
Deep player read
Molina Nahuel is currently classified as a important rotation/core defender: established international, defensive role profile, and lower aerial-size profile. This is a derived Kickoff Lens profile built from the public squad fields, not a private scouting report.
- established international; 58 caps and 1 international goals are used as stable public career context.
- important rotation/core player in this data package, ranked 13 by impact inside the Argentina squad and 4 among defender entries.
- defensive role profile; lower aerial-size profile.
- The match model uses this profile through role, experience, impact score, and team context rather than treating the player as a standalone model context.
Player signal
| Team | Argentina |
|---|---|
| Role | Defender · DF |
| Caps | 58 |
| International goals | 1 |
| Impact score | 80 |
| Squad impact rank | 13 |
| Role impact rank | 4 |
| Role profile | important rotation/core · defensive role profile |
Model context
The player impact score is not a standalone rating. It is one input inside the contextual match model, alongside squad depth, team radar, venue adaptation, travel/rest load, and group pressure.
Match questions
- Can the player protect the box when the opponent's attack signal rises?
- Does the player improve the rotation floor without becoming the central dependency?
- Does mobility and role fit matter more than aerial size in this matchup?
Archive context
| Team power score | 93 |
|---|---|
| Team FIFA live rank | 1 |
| Group path | J |
| Squad size in archive | 26 |
| Squad average caps | 48 |
Argentina fixtures
- Argentina vs AlgeriaFinished 3-0 · Jun 17, 09:00 · Kansas City
- Argentina vs AustriaFinished 2-0 · Jun 23, 01:00 · Dallas (Arlington, Texas)
- Jordan vs ArgentinaFinished 1-3 · Jun 28, 10:00 · Dallas (Arlington, Texas)
- Argentina vs Cape VerdeFinished 3-2 · Jul 04, 06:00 · Miami (Miami Gardens)
- Argentina vs EgyptFinished 3-2 · Jul 08, 00:00 · Atlanta
- Argentina vs SwitzerlandFinished 3-1 · Jul 12, 09:00 · Kansas City
- England vs ArgentinaFinished 1-2 · Jul 16, 03:00 · Atlanta
- Spain vs ArgentinaScheduled · Jul 20, 03:00 · New York/New Jersey (East Rutherford)
Related teammates
- Alvarez JulianForward · impact 96
- Martinez LautaroForward · impact 96
- Messi LionelForward · impact 96
- Otamendi NicolasDefender · impact 94
- Lo Celso GiovaniMidfielder · impact 87
- Gonzalez NicoMidfielder · impact 86
- Mac Allister AlexisMidfielder · impact 85
- Tagliafico NicolasDefender · impact 84
Related pages
- World Cup 2026 data libraryTeams, players, matches, venues, and model explainers in one crawlable archive.
- Argentina team radarFull squad, team strengths, and fixture list.
- All player profilesBrowse the World Cup 2026 player library.
- Discovery hubEvery team, match, venue, and tournament page.